I think people might think, oh, I don't want to approach the big famous author because it's embarrassing, but then they think… — Augusten Burroughs Approach Copy Share Image
Applause is a constant thing in AA. It's how we buy drinks for each other. — Augusten Burroughs Applause Copy Share Image
Maybe it was a Patty Hearst thing. Stockholm syndrome or whatever it's called when you're being held against your will but then… — Augusten Burroughs Computers Copy Share Image
My subconscious does the writing; I don't have control over that. — Augusten Burroughs Doe Copy Share Image
“I walked up to the house, rubbing my shoulder where it still hurt from the rifle's recoil. But soon, it wouldn't hurt… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Then he explains Chinese food in Manhattan to me: 'See the way it works is, there's one central location out on Long… — Augusten Burroughs Chinese food Copy Share Image
I thought, I can't do advertising any more, so I was downloading all these PDF applications from community colleges. And I thought,… — Augusten Burroughs Advertising Copy Share Image
“Life is too huge for you to possibly hate.” — Augusten Burroughs Augusten-burroughs Copy Share Image
And of course, the answer came to me in the same way Jesus comes to those who drink in trailers: as an… — Augusten Burroughs Answers Copy Share Image
“Maybe one of my problems is I never depend upon the kindness of strangers.” — Augusten Burroughs Kindness Copy Share Image
Nothing made sense to me anymore. I knew I was young, I knew I was small. But I was worried that I… — Augusten Burroughs Life Copy Share Image
What nobody understood then is this: The only way that you achieve what you want and fulfill your dreams and become great… — Augusten Burroughs Achieve Copy Share Image
The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough to think about writing or to study… — Augusten Burroughs Books Copy Share Image
“How can you really miss something when you never experienced it?” — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
Some damage is too severe, some harm endures. And what you have to do is accept it. And by accept it I… — Augusten Burroughs Accepting Copy Share Image
“In the middle of the conversation, I open a third ale. I cup my hand over the mouthpiece so they don't hear… — Augusten Burroughs Communication Copy Share Image
I read a lot of science books - I love cosmology, quantum theory, particle physics. So my idea of a great read… — Augusten Burroughs Book Copy Share Image
New York City is a place where you can lock yourself up in your little studio apartment, and not go outside at… — Augusten Burroughs Apartment Copy Share Image
“I like it when she's shiny, like a star, like a guest on the Donnie and Marie Show .” — Augusten Burroughs Foil Copy Share Image
“Why am I so anxious? And then it hits me. I'm not anxious, I'm lonely. And I'm lonely in some horribly deep… — Augusten Burroughs Lonely Copy Share Image
“But feelings, no matter how strong or “ugly,” are not a part of who you are. They are the radio stations your… — Augusten Burroughs Psychology Copy Share Image
It was like living in a new house. I saw the undersides of tables, walked through the tangle of chair legs. It… — Augusten Burroughs Be good Copy Share Image
